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Heartland CIO on end-to-end encryption, credit card tokenization
Steven Elefant, CIO of Princeton, NJ-based Heartland Payment Systems Inc., is leading development on the payment processor's E3 end-to-end encryption plan and new secure payment terminals. Elefant, who joined Heartland last year, said the payment pro... Interview | 26 Oct 2009
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Heartland CIO on PCI, E3 project
Heartland Payment Systems CIO Steve Elefant talks about the processor's new E3 security processes, end-to-end encryption, deployment and adoption issues. News | 22 Oct 2009
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Visa probes tokens, encryption for PCI card data protection
Visa issued payment industry best practices that outline the use of encryption and tokenization to protect credit card data. Article | 07 Oct 2009
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Feds push cybersecurity jobs, PCI DSS changes ahead.
The federal government plans to fill cybersecurity jobs, the payment industry is studying PCI virtualization best practices and Microsoft offers free endpoint protection software. Column | 05 Oct 2009
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Voltage, RSA spar over tokenization, data protection
Voltage cites performance issues and the creation of a repository of cardholder data an attractive target for attackers. RSA calls Voltage's claims unfounded. Article | 02 Oct 2009
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Experts, vendors search for PCI's holy grail
The First Data-RSA partnership is pitted against the Heartland-Voltage E3 project in the payment industry race for securing transactions. News | 29 Sep 2009
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First Data, RSA push tokenization for payment processing
The encryption-token service could compete against vendors offering format preserving encryption to secure payment transactions. Article | 22 Sep 2009
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Security expert's PCI analysis misguided, says PCI Council GM
The PCI Council asserts that everyone in the payment chain should play a role to keep payment information secure, says Bob Russo, general manager of the PCI SSC. Column | 27 Aug 2009
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Data breach avoidance begins with security basics, panel says
Investing millions in new security technology will not prevent a data breach if employees aren't educated and security policy goes unchecked, say experts. Article | 19 Aug 2009
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Hacker charges also an indictment on PCI, expert says
PCI places the burden of security costs onto retailers and card processors instead of on the card payment brands, says security columnist Eric Ogren. Column | 19 Aug 2009
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